Explain your latest award nomination, Grist

Have you ever been at a party where a friend said, “I just don’t understand the Clean Power Plan,” or “I don’t see what’s so bad about Forever 21,” and someone swooped in with a perfect analogy, a few scrappy props, and a whole lotta pizzazz? Well, the Grist Explainers team is the journalism equivalent of that helpful stranger. And our can-do attitude just made us finalists for the 2016 Online Journalism Awards. (We also wouldn’t say no if you wanted to refill our keg cup.)